Socarrat Paella Chelsea - New York

Eating is not good- didn't feel fresh and the seafood paella smells. I would also not recommend for restaurant week. definitiw no good paella.

I’ve been eating at Socarrat since it opened in 2008 and this last experience was disappointing. I invited some friends to join us for my boyfriends birthday dinner and was very excited for them to experience one of my favorite restaurants. The tapas was delicious. Staff was wonderful and sangria was amazing. But the paella has lost a lot of quality. The namesake Socarrat was not present and the two paellas were delivered cold. Sure there were lots of shellfish and protein but no crispy rice on the bottom. The servers use to come by and scrape the pan for you but they don’t even try anymore. They know it’s not there. I also understand the price of things have gone up but I find the portions have gotten smaller and for 5 of us was almost 600$ for dinner. The value and quality is no longer there. Go for tapas, skip the paella.

We came for restaurant week, but will return definitiw. the location, eating, service and atmosphere are all the reasons we want to come back.

I wanted to celebrate a friend's birthday. we had the restaurant-week dinner we all enjoyed. the service was great. they even sent us complementary after eating to celebrate the birthday of my friend.

Definitely worth a visit if you're in the mood for tapas.